The holy month of Ramadan has ended today with the Eid al-Fitr holiday [festival of breaking of the fast]. During the whole month millions of Muslims around the world refrained from eating and drinking before sunset. Today Muslims has been making …

Turkmenistan is celebrating Constitution Day today. The ceremony of laying flowers to the monument of the Constitution is held, and the concert of masters of art and poetry are taking place in Ashgabat. "We treat the Constitution …

Azerbaijani Muslims welcomed the holy month of Ramadan, which began on May 17. According to the fatwa issued by the Gazi Council of the Caucasian Muslims Office (CMO) on the holy month of Ramadan, the calculations conducted by the …

Kazakh citizens are celebrating the National Day of Unity of People of Kazakhstan today. This public holiday is marked since 1996. On October 18, 1995, President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed the order declaring May 1 as the Unity Day of People …

Iran has unveiled a new missile system 'Kamin-2' in the huge military parade to mark National Army Day. A low-altitude missile system is designed to confront military drones, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and low-flying …

Georgia's Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili have sent warm wishes to Azerbaijanis on the holiday of Novruz. "My brothers, my Azerbaijanis! Happy Novruz, a beautiful holiday to celebrate a new year, the coming …

Nowruz is the holiday also known as the Iranian New Year, which is celebrated worldwide by the Iranian and Turkic peoples, along with some other ethno-linguistic groups, as the beginning of the New Year. Vestnik Kavkaza …

The Diplomatic Club at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Embassy of the People's Republic of China held a meeting dedicated to the folk traditions of celebrating the Chinese New Year.

A wedding cake worth $66,000 was served to guests of one of the wedding parties in Shymket, Kazakhstan on January 14. The cake made by Russian confectioner Renat Agzamov is 4 meters wide, 4.2 meters tall (including the cart its …

Today, the people of Kazakhstan are celebrating the Day of the First President of the Republic for the 6th time. On December 10th 2011, amendments to the law 'On Holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan' were adopted at the …

Turkmenistan celebrates the 26th anniversary of its independence on October 27-28, these days have been declared holidays. "Twenty-six years ago, with the declaration of independence, the foundation of a democratic, legal and …

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russia's Jews on Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year, the Kremlin press service reported. "The celebration of the Jewish New Year is a major event in the …

A total of 15.5 million pupils will go to school in Russia today. 1.8 million children will start their education this year. Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a working trip to the Yaroslavl region, some 250 km …

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev on the national holiday, Independence Day. Puitn expressed appreciation of the Russian-Kyrgyz …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan highlighted the country's determination to fight all threats targeting the country's national security and sovereignty at their roots, while upholding democratic ideals. In …

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has congratulated the country’s people on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. In his congratulatory message, the president said that the Islamic religion, which constitutes the …